Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,656 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Richard Kevin Sherman (1988– )
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Ruth Alice Lucas (1920-2013)
US Supreme Court
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(1950) Sweatt v. Painter
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The Mad Lads (1964–1972)

Explore Global African History

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John Chilembwe (ca. 1871-1915)
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Dory Dixon (1935- )
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African Americans and Cuba’s First Experiment in Castro-Era Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960
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Sultanate of Sokoto (Sokoto Caliphate)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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John McWhorter, “Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans”
Frances Louise Hamilton (LT) and Hallie Annie Dee Williams (RT), 1927 Yearbook Photos
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Go Anyplace But Here, Please: The Fight to Train Black Nurses in San Diego
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The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies: A Brief History
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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